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The Struggle for the People : Five Hundred Years of Danish History in Short.

In this book Ove Korsgaard, the well-known scholar of democracy, examines how the concept people has changed throughout Danish history. Interpretations and uses of this notion have had dramatic influence on the building of the Danish society. The struggle of the people is the struggle for power in society. Until The Age of Enlightenment the concept was used to categorise the subjects of the master of the house, the subjects of the King, the subjects of God. Later the notion became a revolutionary key concept. The people was now regarded as sovereign. Today we are confronted with new questions.Read more...

Introduction; Where Does the People Come From?; I Christian Prince-state 1536-1776; II Enlightened Prince-state 1776-1849; III Democratic Nation-state 1849/64-1945; IV Democratic Welfare State 1945-1989; V From Nation-state to a Federation of Nation-states; References; Index of Names.

Abstract:

In this book Ove Korsgaard, the well-known scholar of democracy, examines how the concept people has changed throughout Danish history. Interpretations and uses of this notion have had dramatic influence on the building of the Danish society. The struggle of the people is the struggle for power in society. Until The Age of Enlightenment the concept was used to categorise the subjects of the master of the house, the subjects of the King, the subjects of God. Later the notion became a revolutionary key concept. The people was now regarded as sovereign. Today we are confronted with new questions.